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Near L'Almanarre. Photo: Paolo Schubert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

L'Almanarre

Kitesurf spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

21Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 21 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Dec–Feb2 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at L'Almanarre, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyE 10 kn18°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best Dec–Feb

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of L'Almanarre

Strand mit Brandung
Near L'Almanarre. Photo: Ilka Franz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kitesurf near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About L'Almanarre

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.8 km out (1 in 278). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 25°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually January, February and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Hyères. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots, 3 wind sports spots and 5 dive sites.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,230–US$2,310 each

about US$1,230–US$2,310 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MRS, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,310

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Hyères

Closest

Hyères

6 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Hyères · Booking.com

About Hyères its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MRS, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.